Building Safety Conference

Will heads the Regulator’s strategy function, including private finance, policy, registrations, new entrants, business intelligence and stakeholder relations. Recently he has been leading the development of the Regulator’s response to the Social Housing White Paper. A qualified chartered accountant, he has previously worked in corporate finance lead advisory, government audit and housing consultancy and is a non-executive director of The Housing Finance Corporation.

A Senior Leader with 19 years experience within the housing sector, directing all aspects of sales, development, affordable housing administration and contract management to deliver first rate services. Well versed in driving change / transformation across organisations as part of multi-million pound initiatives, devising new programmes and implementing operational policies in line with strategies of the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities as well as local government. Extensive background in leading teams, managing budgets for assets worth up to £22bn, over the last two years has been working to streamline and increase pace of building remediation and is the SRO for the delivery of the Cladding safety scheme within Homes England.

Jonathan joined Clarion’s Building Safety Systems Team in February 2024 and supports in the development of safety case reports, working in close partnership with colleagues across the organisation. Prior to that, he held a senior policy manager role in the Building Safety Programme, at the Department for Levelling-up, Housing and Communities (now the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government). This included leading the development of the assessment and management of building safety risks and safety case report duties in the Building Safety Act 2022 and associated regulations. He was part of the drafting team that produced the CLC golden thread guidance.

Liz Oliver has led in safer homes and compliance roles within the housing sector for more than ten years, working for organisations including Homes for Haringey and Optivo.

A ‘Building Safety Ambassador’ for Inside Housing – Liz feels passionately about keeping both residents and buildings safe.

She has headed up Hyde’s Safer Homes and Neighbourhoods team for around four years and under her leadership, Hyde has carried out major building safety work on several high-rise residential buildings and thousands of other smaller projects, making sure homes and residents are safe, as well as ensuring compliancy with Government legislations.

Liz also spearheaded the introduction of Hyde’s new neighbourhood model in January 2024. This fundamental shift in how Hyde manages its homes, will guide how it’ll deliver a customer-driven approach to managing homes, keeping customers safe and at the heart of everything.

Thanks to Liz’s approach, always focusing on engaging with residents, and by being honest, open and supportive – Hyde has demonstrated to residents, stakeholders and Government that it is a sector leader in building safety and neighbourhood management.

Adrian Dobson is Executive Director Professional Knowledge and Standards at the Royal Institute of British Architects.  He is responsible for the RIBA’s education, practice and professional standards services, and leadership of its policy and public affairs work.  A Chartered Architect, having completed his architecture studies at the University of Manchester, his practice experience is mainly in the education and community sectors.  He has also taught in higher education and carried out research in BIM.

Adrian was closely involved in the development of the updated RIBA Plan of Work.  Since the Grenfell Tower fire in June 2017, Adrian has supported the work of the RIBA Expert Advisory Group on Fire Safety.

He is the author of 21 Things You Won’t Learn in Architecture School.